Our Mentors
Each year our interns are paired with a mentor to support them with their personal, professional, and academic development.
Our mentoring cohorts have comprised of both established Geography academics and Early Career Researchers within Geography. They provide critical and creative mentorship throughout the internships: empowering the interns to reflect critically and confidently on the discipline and its futures; supporting them to imagine and plan towards fulfilling their potential; and working creatively with the interns.
2023 mentors
-
![Louisa Headshot]()
Louisa Brotherson
PhD Student, University of Liverpool
-
![Simi Headshot]()
Simi Kolajo
PhD Student, Loughborough University
-
![Victoria Headshot]()
Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye
Lecturer in Black Geographies, University of Edinburgh
-
![Craig Headshot]()
Craig Poku
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Datasparq
-
![Sophie Headshot]()
Sophie Thompson-Hyland
PhD Student, University of Birmingham
2022 Mentors
-
![Caroline Headshot]()
Prof. Caroline Bressey
Reader in Cultural and Historical Geography, University College London
-
![Dr. Margaret Byron]()
Dr. Margaret Byron
Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Leicester
-
![Prof. James Esson]()
Prof. James Esson
Professor of Geography, Queen Mary University of London
-
![Pat Headshot]()
Prof. Pat Noxolo
Professor in Human Geography, University of Birmingham
-
![Parvati Headshot]()
Prof. Parvati Raghuram
Professor in Geography and Migration, Open University
2021 mentors
-
![Caroline Headshot]()
Prof. Caroline Bressey
Reader in Cultural and Historical Geography, University College London
-
![Dr. Margaret Byron]()
Dr. Margaret Byron
Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Leicester
-
![Vandana Headshot]()
Dr. Vandana Desai
Senior Lecturer in Development Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
-
![Prof. James Esson]()
Prof. James Esson
Professor of Geography, Queen Mary University of London
-
![Nigel Headshot]()
Dr. Nigel de Noronha
Research Associate, University of Manchester.
-
![Pat Headshot]()
Prof. Pat Noxolo
Professor in Human Geography, University of Birmingham
-
![Parvati Headshot]()
Prof. Parvati Raghuram
Professor in Geography and Migration, Open University
